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No. 456,014. Patented July 14,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TAYLOR S. BUCK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TYPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 456,014, dated July 14:, 1891.

Application filed September 23, l889. Serial No, 324,740. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TAYLOR S. BUCK, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have'invented a new and Improved Type-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my inventionan improved type-holder. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line w a: of Fig. 2, and Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective plan and edge views of the type.

My invention relates to hand type-holders designed principally for india-rubber type to facilitate the composition of hand-stamps; and the invention consists, mainly, of a casing open at the bottom, combined with a spring actuated block or follower fitted in the casin g to grasp and firmly hold the type.

The invention also consists of the special construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

. A represents a casin g of tin'or other suitable material. It may be of any proper length and is of a width equal to the length of the type T, and it is open at the bottom to receive the type on the flanges a a at the lower edges of the side pieces of the casin g. These flanges are by preference slightlyupturned, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, to the more effectually hold the type. WVithin the said casing A is placed the clamp or follower B, which is acted on by springs O and serves to clamp the type on the flanges a a. The follower is by preference made of wood and is held in place in the easing A by the small nails, screws, or studs 0 c, which reach through the slots a a on the sides of the casing, which slots permit the follower to be pressed upward against the action of the springs to release the type. I prefer to use two curved plate-springs, though coiled or other form of spring might be used, and these I prefer to secure in the center upon the ledges d of the follower. The central rib d of the follower serves to keep the springs from lateral displacement.

E represents the handle attached. to the follower B, the shank 19 passing through a hole a in the casing A. The followeris lifted from the type, or rather away from the flanges a, for putting type in place or removing it by simply pressing down on the casing A with the thumb and forefinger and drawing outward on the handle held, firmly in the palm of the hand, leaving the other hand free to handle the type.

The distance of independent movement of the follower may be limited by the length of the slots Ct or by the shoulder e, on the handle E.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved type-holder comprising a casing open at the bottom and provided with inwardly-projecting flanges, a spring-pressed follower within thev casing, and a handle secured to the follower, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a typeholder comprising a casing open at the bottom and provided with inwardly-projecting flanges on the lower edge of its sides, and a spring-pressed follower within the casing and provided with a handle rigidly secured thereto and projecting through the said casing, as set forth.

5. The type-holderconsisting of the casing A, having flanges a, slots at, and aperture a in combination with the follower B, springs O, handle E, attached to the follower, and holding-pins c, substantially as described.

TAYLOR S. BUCK.

\Vitnesses:

H. A. WEST, EDGAR TATE. 

